Comment on Epic win: Jury decides Google has illegal monopoly in app store fight
SCB@lemmy.world 1 year agoBut Epic v. Google turned out to be a very different case. It hinged on secret revenue sharing deals between Google, smartphone makers, and big game developers, ones that Google execs internally believed were designed to keep rival app stores down. It showed that Google was running scared of Epic specifically. And it was all decided by a jury, unlike the Apple ruling.
From the article. It appears they had receipts that Epic was specifically and intentionally harmed here
poopkins@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Apple has such deals. The difference is that they weren’t caught.
Socsa@sh.itjust.works 1 year ago
The difference is that Apple is so vertically integrated, they can say that the existence of Android as an option negates any monopoly they might have on apps. Yes it’s stupid.